World of Sneakers.

Sneakers in America.

The first pair of sneakers were made in 1892.

first pair of Keds.

It was not until 1923 a little before the great depression was the first basketball sneaker invented by Marquis Converse. He called them All-Stars letter to be renamed to Chuck Taylor All-Star to this day his sneaker is one of best selling basketball sneaker.

Now widely used more as a fashion statement

Next on the American world tour of sneakers we have Nike. As popular the name Nike may be, however that is not there original name the came out with on January 25, 1964. Blue Ribbon Sports is the name founder Philip Knight was using for his company in 1964.